Mixing characteristics of polymer melt in extrusion process
Grant Data
Project Title
Mixing characteristics of polymer melt in extrusion process
Principal Investigator
Dr Wong, Anthony Chi Ying
(Principal Investigator (PI))
Co-Investigator(s)
Professor Benkreira
(Co-principal investigator)
Duration
12
Start Date
1999-04-01
Amount
72727
Conference Title
Mixing characteristics of polymer melt in extrusion process
Presentation Title
Keywords
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Discipline
N/A
HKU Project Code
JRS99/09
Grant Type
UK/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme
Funding Year
1998
Status
Completed
Objectives
To provide a true reflection on the qualitative aspects of polymer mixing in single- and twin-screw extruders; to enhance our understanding on the fundamental mixing behaviour of polymer melt during extrusion, formulation of the related empirical model(s) will be attempted; to investigate the inter- and intra-relationship among the important variables including material properties, processing conditions and screw configurations etc. which are influential on the mixing quality of polymer melt; to provide guidelines for screw design optimization (single-screw and twin-screw) for improving polymer mixing quality.